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By Graham Jarvis – Freelance Business and Technology Journalist
Graham Jarvis
One thing is worth remembering: nobody is immune to either fraud or data breaches. Each and every one of us – including our organisations – could be successfully cyber-attacked; and this is exactly what happened recently in late May and early
Continue reading The Death of the Perimeter: How ShinyHunters and Zero-Day SaaS Exploits Weaponised the Cloud Supply Chain
By Matt Horne, Director of Intelligence and Investigations, Clue Software
Matt Horne
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 hands the PSFA significant new powers – to investigate, levy civil penalties and recover money on behalf of public authorities. It is the most significant escalation in public sector counter-fraud enforcement
Continue reading The Bar has Been Raised – but are public sector organisations ready to meet it?
Geir Fuglerud
Public trust in health innovation may be less predictable than healthcare organizations assume, according to new research from DNV, the independent assurance and certification provider.
A global survey of 12,500 people across 17 countries found that mindset is a stronger indicator of trust than traditional demographic factors such as
Continue reading PUBLIC TRUST IN HEALTH INNOVATION IS SHAPED MORE BY MINDSET THAN DEMOGRAPHICS, DNV RESEARCH FINDS
Strengthening Cyber Assurance for Critical Infrastructure
Synectics has announced that its Synergy security and surveillance platform has been awarded Cyber Assurance of Physical Security Systems (CAPSS) certification from the UK National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), confirming that it meets the Government’s stringent cyber security standards.
The CAPSS certification independently verifies Synergy’s cyber resilience,
Continue reading Synectics’ Synergy Achieves NPSA CAPSS Certification
The impact of international events continues to be felt on local, national, and global economies, and residents and businesses need to be supported through challenging times.
To ensure that a more resilient, more dynamic and more productive economy is delivered, local authorities and Government must put foundations for future growth in place
Continue reading How Staffordshire and Wolverhampton are creating the UK’s next green growth zone
Andy Holland
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in 1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
Andy brings with him more than two decades of technical and commercial experience in water
Continue reading Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
By Rory Evans, regional director, LHC Midlands and South East
A solar panel can cut a bill. But what it can’t do is dry a wall, repair a roof or make a damp home healthy.
That is the tension social landlords face as they respond to the latest Government announcement on the
Continue reading A damp social home with a solar panel is still a damp home
Growing fire safety organisation Fire Aware has reminded the public sector fire safety industry – “We’re all in this together so let’s collaborate.”
Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly gave the reminder of the importance of working closely in the supply chains in the post-Grenfell era as the legal process in the aftermath
Continue reading Let’s work at this together, says Fire Aware
By Igor Oliveira
Igor Oliveira
Border technology has never been better. Yet the governments that get the most out of it will not be the ones with the biggest budgets. They will be the ones with the clearest operating models: the governance, the accountability, the agency coordination, and the policy alignment that
Continue reading From Systems to Strategy: Rethinking the Modern Border
Charge point operator (CPO) Believ has commenced its rollout of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure across Redcar and Cleveland to help drivers in the area transition to EVs. This infrastructure will strengthen Redcar and Cleveland’s EV network, promote sustainable travel, and offer convenient charging for residents without driveways or home-charging options, as well as
Continue reading Believ’s Redcar and Cleveland EV infrastructure rollout underway
Embridge Consulting to replace outdated legacy applications with simplified redesign of financial operating model for reduced complexity and improved transparency
Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organisations, today announced that East Riding of Yorkshire Council will move to Unit4 ERPx, its next-generation, cloud-native Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Together with
Continue reading East Riding of Yorkshire Council Selects Unit4 ERPx and FP&A to Underpin Finance for the Future Transformation Programme
ICS.AI poll reveals concerns over council viability and service disruption ahead of Local Government Reorganisation
Martin Neale
Council professionals involved in Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) are concerned about the impact of the programme on service delivery and the long-term viability of new authorities, according to polling conducted by public sector AI specialist
Continue reading One in four council professionals not confident their authority will be viable on ‘Vesting Day’, poll reveals
Councils Cannot Outsource Accountability: The Contractor Screening Lessons from Harrow
Susie Thomson
By Susie Thomson, Chair Elect of the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) and former founder of Security Watchdog
The Harrow Council enforcement incident that has recently attracted national media attention is deeply concerning, not only because of the behaviour captured
Continue reading When Contractor Conduct Becomes a Council Responsibility
Gavin Skelly
Growing fire safety organisation Fire Aware has sent a stark message to those working across multiple sectors with decisions to make about fire safety – change needs to start now.
Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly made the call as the fire safety industry starts to understand the implications of the
Continue reading Cultural change starts now, says Fire Aware
By Emma Sanderson
Emma Sanderson
As educators, school leaders, SEND professionals and families, we need to understand what these reforms will mean for already overstretched budgets, pressure on EHCP thresholds, and how the system will ensure schools are equipped to meet these ambitions. When the Government announced its plans for “Experts at
Continue reading Why collaboration, not funding alone, will determine the success of ‘Experts at Hand’
Electric vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO) Believ has partnered with UrbanChain, an AI-powered, licensed energy supplier, to power its UK charging network with traceable, locally matched renewable energy that bypasses the wholesale energy market to deliver stable energy prices.
This three-year extension builds upon an agreement first signed in 2025 and will
Continue reading Believ and UrbanChain partner to deliver traceable, locally matched renewable energy for EV charging network
Following a competitive open tender process, Fusion21 has appointed 22 suppliers to its £85 million UK-wide Grounds Maintenance Framework, providing public sector members with a fast route to market for grounds maintenance, landscaping and outdoor space services.
The specialist companies have secured a place on the fourth iteration of the framework, with
Continue reading Fusion21 appoints suppliers to £85 million UK-wide Grounds Maintenance Framework for the public sector
Charge point operator (CPO) Believ is rolling out its electric vehicle (EV) charging network across Telford & Wrekin Council, with 200 new charge points installed across 35 key public car parks. The project has been driven by the council’s sustainability strategy to decarbonise transport and support local residents in the transition to electric mobility.
Charge points are now live at a number of locations across
Continue reading Believ rolls out EV charging in Telford & Wrekin Council with over 200 new charge points
Hilary Stephenson
Government and public sector websites are among the best-performing for digital accessibility, but new data shows that significant barriers still remain across the web.
The latest WebAIM Million 2026 report, which analysed the homepages of the world’s top one million websites, found an average of 56.1 accessibility errors per page, up
Continue reading Government websites lead on accessibility, but widespread issues remain
Mphasis TriaTM unifies enterprise insight, foresight, and execution into a governed Enterprise Agency Platform, delivering outcome-led enterprise transformation Powered by Mphasis Tria, Mphasis unveiled two market-facing product lines- Mphasis ModerniseTM and Mphasis OptimiseTM
Mphasis, (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS), a global AI-led, platform-driven technology solutions provider, has announced the launch of Mphasis Tria, an
Continue reading Mphasis Launches Mphasis triatm, a first-of-its-kind Enterprise Agency Platform; Governed Front2BackTM, accelerates Mphasis’ evolution into a platform-led AI enterprise
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